The New Executive Home Office

Corporate Leaders Run Empires From Custom-Built Rooms Designed to Inspire

By

Joann S. Lublin

Nov. 14, 2013 7:40 pm ET

Ron Kaplan, chief executive of Trex Co., tackles his toughest work challenges in a gun-filled sanctuary of his Stephens City, Va., home.

Working late one night from his residential office, Mr. Kaplan solved a mess involving labor costs for certain warranty claims that threatened the survival of the maker of backyard decks. He celebrated by stepping into his adjacent wet bar and drinking a glass of wine from one of roughly 300 bottles kept in his nearby wine cellar.

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